Correct Answer:
A. Mount Godwin-Austen
The question seeks the alternative name for K2, the world's second-highest mountain. Mount Godwin-Austen is the correct answer. K2 was named after Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, a British surveyor who explored the region in the mid-19th century. It is part of the Karakoram mountain range.
- Kanchenjunga is the world's third-highest mountain, located in the Himalayas.
- Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa, an inactive volcano in Tanzania.
- Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.
Understanding the nomenclature of major global peaks is a key aspect of geography.